Dunetz: Russia Wants An Apology From O’ Reilly

During his interview of President Trump on Super Bowl Sunday, Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly called Russian president Vladimir Putin a “killer.” Now the Russians are demanding an apology for the statement they consider “unacceptable and insulting.”

“We consider such words from the Fox TV company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected TV company,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call.”

The U.S. President stirred controversy in the same segment where O’Reilly called Putin a killer. O’Reilly asked Trump whether he “respects” Putin “I do respect him, but I respect a lot of people,” The President said, “That doesn’t mean I’m going to get along with him.” Trump added that he would appreciate any assistance from Russia in the fight against ISIS terrorists, and that he would rather get along with Russia than not

“But, he is a killer,” O’Reilly said. “There are a lot of killers,” Trump responded, “We’ve got a lot of killers. What do you think? Our country’s so innocent?” as he gave the Iraq…

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Originally from Canton, Michigan, Hank Eckardt graduated from the University of Notre Dame with degrees in Political Science and Spanish. He then moved to Washington, D.C. to work for Congressman Kerry Bentivolio in 2014. After working in political fundraising for 3 years, he began as editor-in-chief of TheLead.com in June 2017.